5 distinct chords · 73 changes · 1:53 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- A
- G♯
- C♯m
- E
- F♯
What you are playing
Chords for Mentira O Verdad, laid out across its 1:53 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in C♯ minor. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 4 the same song becomes F E Am C D, which sits easier under the hand. Every one of its 5 chords is a plain triad, so three notes under the right hand covers the whole song.
Play it in another key
The same song, moved. Every row is Mentira O Verdad shifted by that many semitones — useful when the recording sits too high or too low for your voice. The chords keep their relationships, so the song is unchanged apart from its pitch.
| Shift | Key | Chords |
|---|---|---|
| G♯ minor | ED♯G♯mBC♯ | |
| A minor | FEAmCD | |
| A♯ minor | F♯FA♯mC♯D♯ | |
| B minor | GF♯BmDE | |
| C minor | G♯GCmD♯F | |
| C♯ minor | AG♯C♯mEF♯ | |
| D minor | A♯ADmFG | |
| D♯ minor | BA♯D♯mF♯G♯ | |
| E minor | CBEmGA | |
| F minor | C♯CFmG♯A♯ | |
| F♯ minor | DC♯F♯mAB | |
| G minor | D♯DGmA♯C |
On a guitar there is a shortcut in one direction: transpose down by n and put a capo on fret n, and you are back at the original pitch while playing the easier shapes. That is what the capo line above is doing.
